Popularity ranking · South Africa

The 100 most popular Singer-songwriters in South Africa

This curated ranking covers the 100 largest singer-songwriters in South Africa, ordered by estimated audience size from Rascasse's anonymized search-behavior signals. Out of 6.1k singer-songwriters tracked in South Africa, the 100 ranked here account for the largest measured audience reach. S.A.R.S., Shelf Lives and G.E.M. lead the list with a combined estimated audience of 9.3M people. Across all 100 entries the average audience size is 217k, and the largest, S.A.R.S., reaches around 7.7M people in South Africa. Audience size is the estimated number of unique people in South Africa who actively engage with each singer-songwriter, derived from search demand signals. Rankings reflect search-behavior signals collected across South Africa and are refreshed weekly.

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How to read this list

Rank

Position in the Top 100, sorted by audience size from largest to smallest. Updated weekly.

Audience size

Estimated number of unique people in South Africa who actively engage with this audience, derived from anonymized search-behavior signals.

Country share

Share of the global audience that is active in South Africa. A higher value means the audience is more locally concentrated here.

Avg age

Average age in years across the people who engage with this audience in South Africa, derived from anonymized search-behavior signals. A dash means demographic data is not yet available.

Female share

Share of women among the people who engage with this audience in South Africa. 50% is gender-balanced; values above mean female-skewed, below mean male-skewed.

Ranking

Rank Audience Audience size Avg age Female share Subtype
26 Self Esteem 140k 32.7 45.7% Singer-songwriter
27 St. Lucia 138k 32.9 64.8% Singer-songwriter
28 Olivia Dean 130k 34.2 54.1% Singer-songwriter
29 Prep 129k 35.0 52.6% Singer-songwriter
30 Mariah the Scientist 129k 27.5 54.2% Singer-songwriter
31 Glove 127k 33.2 56.0% Singer-songwriter
32 Cassie Ventura 127k 30.0 69.4% Singer-songwriter
33 Chappell Roan 126k 33.2 60.2% Singer-songwriter
34 Tumble Dryer 126k 35.0 52.6% Singer-songwriter
35 Davido 122k 31.9 52.8% Singer-songwriter
36 Flooding 122k 37.8 37.0% Singer-songwriter
37 Proud Mary 121k 35.0 52.6% Singer-songwriter
38 Ye 115k 42.1 37.4% Singer-songwriter
39 Rocket 114k 37.7 50.2% Singer-songwriter
40 Trust 111k 44.9 33.4% Singer-songwriter
41 Lucky 111k 35.0 52.6% Singer-songwriter
42 che 109k 35.0 52.6% Singer-songwriter
43 NSG 108k 35.0 52.6% Singer-songwriter
44 APEX 107k 30.6 16.9% Singer-songwriter
45 Begonia 107k 35.0 52.6% Singer-songwriter
46 Brains 106k 36.7 21.3% Singer-songwriter
47 Dua Lipa 104k 28.7 66.0% Singer-songwriter
48 Mercury 104k 35.0 52.6% Singer-songwriter
49 Maya Hawke 103k 35.0 52.6% Singer-songwriter
50 $NOT 100k 28.7 40.7% Singer-songwriter

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Frequently asked questions

How is this list of the most popular singer-songwriters compiled?

Rascasse aggregates anonymized search-behavior signals across South Africa and ranks each singer-songwriter by its estimated audience size. Only entries with at least 5 measured entities are listed.

How often is the list updated?

The ranking is refreshed weekly from the latest search-behavior data and re-published as a static page.

What is the largest singer-songwriter in South Africa?

S.A.R.S. currently leads with an estimated audience of 7.7M people in South Africa.

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